Congratulations to the University of Chicago, the new top ranked program overall!
Program (Prior Ranking)
1. University of Chicago (7)
2. Patrick Henry College (1)
3. California State University, Long Beach (4)
4. University of Central Florida (10)
5. California State University, Fullerton (2)
6. Yale University (NR)
7. University of Southern California (9)
8. University of California, Santa Barbara (17)
9. United States Air Force Academy (12)
10. Duke University (23)
11. University of California, Berkeley (NR)
12. Liberty University (6)
13. Bentley University (13)
14. Eastern Michigan University (3)
15. Baylor University (16)
16. Morehouse College (21)
17. College of Wooster (11)
18. College of the Holy Cross (HM)
19. Youngstown State University (NR)
20. San Francisco State University (HM)
21. Fitchburg State University (19)
22. Berea College (HM)
23. University of Virginia (NR)
24. University of North Texas (14)
25. University of California, San Diego (NR)
Honorable Mention: Regent University (15); University of Louisiana, Lafayette (5); Loyola University Chicago (25)
NR = Not Ranked
Methodology (in brief)
The Top Program Scores recognize schools based on their performance in both the AMCA National Tournament Oral Advocacy competition and the AMCA National Tournament Written Brief competition. The scores are weighted at 67 percent for the oral advocacy competition and 33 percent for the written brief competition.
For example, let's say Olympus State University earned a program score of 0.0183 in the oral advocacy competition and a program score of 0.0166 in the written brief competition. Olympus State University's overall score would be 1.77 (67*0.183+33*0.0166). This calculation is completed for each program that has teams in the national tournament and in the written brief competition and then programs are ranked from the highest score to the lowest score.
See a detailed explanation of the complete ranking methodology here.